Ellie Titarenko is a Nurse Practitioner who works in two clinics in the Denver suburbs. One of the clinics is an addiction recovery center, and the other is a primary care doctor’s office. Both positions give her a wealth of insights into how Americans are coping with...

When examining life-threatening addictions, “out of the box” treatment methods are often required; particularly for those who have had little success with traditional recovery tactics. And sometimes, it’s those outlier approaches that truly make a difference. Read the...

There’s no approved medication to help people addicted to methamphetamine. As fatal meth overdoses rise, researchers are struggling to find something that works. Read and listen to the article here on NPR

Medication-assisted treatment with drugs like Methadone, Buprenorphine and Naltrexone are standard care for people addicted to opioids, but practitioners are only just starting to learn about MAT treatments for methamphetamine.. Melinda McDowell had used drugs since...

‘Literally Saved My Life:’ – by Stephanie Daniel It’s about 7 o’clock on a Tuesday morning in June and Ashley McAuliffe is getting her 11-year-old son, Aiden, ready for his last day of school. “We’ve got about like 10 minutes before...

Armed with a $30 million grant, the state is purchasing six mobile health units to extend is connected health network into communities struggling with opioid abuse. Colorado is investing in mobile health units to combat the opioid abuse crisis. State officials have...

Learn what MAT is and more… Medication-Assisted Treatment Use of medication in conjunction with other therapies Refers to use in Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) Traditionally in Opioid Use Disorders (addiction) Can consider for other conditions like pain Click...

While lawmakers saw it as a solution to the state’s opioid crisis, health experts in Steamboat said there is not enough evidence to say marijuana is an effective, or safe, replacement. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Twenty-five years ago, when Dr. Brian Siegel began his...

McKenna Harford– skyhinews.com Beginning this fall, addiction treatment services will be easier to find in Grand County thanks to the expansion of a mobile health unit offering medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder. Through Mountain Medical Road to...